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  • Updates to the Implementation Guide for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2011, the CDC released the PHIN Implementation Guide (IG) for Syndromic Surveillance v.1 under the Public Health Information Network. In the intervening years, new technological advancements, EHR capabilities as well as epidemiological and… read more
    … released further updates via an Erratum and a technical document developed with NIST to clarify validation policies and testing parameters. These documents were consolidated into the Message Guide v.2.1 … released further updates via an Erratum and a technical document developed with NIST to clarify validation policies …
  • Extracting Surveillance Data from Templated Sections of an Electronic Medical Note: Challenges and Opportunities

    Content Type: Abstract

    The main stay of recording patient data is the free text of electronic medical records (EMR). While stating the chief complaint and history of presenting illness in the patients ‘own words’, the rest of the electronic note is written by the provider… read more
    … often use boiler-plate templates from EMR pull-downs to document information on the patient in the form of … often use boiler-plate templates from EMR pull-downs to document information on the patient in the form of …
  • State Foodborne Illness Surveillance and Response Laws: Compilation and Analysis

    Content Type: Abstract

    Foodborne illnesses sicken 48 million and kill 3,000 Americans every year, presenting an enduring threat to the public’s health. In just the past three years alone, the United States has experienced at least four major multistate outbreaks in food.… read more
    … for surveillance and outbreak response.   Objective To document and assess the variation in state legislation … for surveillance and outbreak response.   Objective To document and assess the variation in state legislation …
  • Syndromic Surveillance on the Mental Health Impact of Political Rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia

    Content Type: Abstract

    As part of a wide-spread community discussion on the presence of monuments to Confederate Civil War figures, the Charlottesville city council voted to remove a statue of General Robert E. Lee. Multiple rallies were then held to protest the statue’… read more
    … surveillance, however, has not previously been used to document the effect of racially-charged violence on the … surveillance, however, has not previously been used to document the effect of racially-charged violence on the …
  • Sharing Public Health Information with Non-Public Health Partners

    Content Type: Abstract

    Automated Electronic Disease Surveillance has become a common tool for most public health practitioners. Users of these systems can analyze and visualize data coming from hospitals, schools, and a variety of sources to determine the health of their… read more
    … however, can be difficult due to lack of secure tools and guidance policies. This abstract describes the development … however, can be difficult due to lack of secure tools and guidance policies. This abstract describes the development …
  • A Health Department's Collaborate Model for Disease Surveillance Capacity Building

    Content Type: Abstract

    Public Health departments are increasingly called upon to be innovative in quality service delivery under a dwindling resource climate as highlighted in several publications of the Institute of Medicine. Collaboration with other entities in the… read more
    … collaborative opportunities for capacity development and document the implications for chronic disease surveillance … collaborative opportunities for capacity development and document the implications for chronic disease surveillance …
  • Issue Brief: New Federal Paradigm in Marijuana Legalization

    Content Type: References

    Conflicting activities related to marijuana at state and federal levels raise questions as to whether a new federal/state legal relationship concerning marijuana legalization is forthcoming. The Network for Public Health Law has been tracking… read more
    … throughout U.S. states in recent years, federal guidance issued in January 2018 is at odds with this … throughout U.S. states in recent years, federal guidance issued in January 2018 is at odds with this …
  • Medicaid claims data to supplement Zika-related birth defects case identification

    Content Type: Abstract

    As a part of the Zika Birth Defects Surveillance, a national effort coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NYC is conducting enhanced surveillance of all births with defects included in the congenital Zika syndrome (CZS… read more
    … codes was specified by the NYS registry following guidance established by CDC. Full medical record chart … codes was specified by the NYS registry following guidance established by CDC. Full medical record chart …